CVE-2014-5220

mdadm: Improper sanitization of device names allows arbitrary command execution

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.6

CVSS 3.0

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Published · December 17, 2014

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

The mdcheck script of the mdadm package for openSUSE 13.2 prior to version 3.3.1-5.14.1 does not properly sanitize device names, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 6.6
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation